Claremont
"This quasi-mythological view of Claremont as ineffectual weaklings might arguably be said, in part, to have a geographical basis: the suburb of Claremont is one of the most tranquil and outwardly genteel in Perth. Moreover, Claremont was, in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, one of very few genuine soccer strongholds in the colony/state of Western Australia ... Whatever the reason for the ‘cream-puff’ theory, the fact that it was essentially mythological in nature needs to be stressed. Premiership pennants in elite Australian football competitions such as the Western Australian Football League quite simply do not end up in the possession of ineffectual weaklings, and Claremont produced a number of flag-winning combinations well before the 1980s ... "
John Devaney on how the Tigers banished their genteel reputation to become a perennial WANFL powerhouse
1947 Season (WANFL) Fixture
Claremont's 1947 Fixture
Rnd |
H&A |
Club |
Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 |
S |
R |
Opponent |
Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 |
S |
Mgn |
Grd |
Date |
SC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1947-04-26 1 | H | Claremont | 5.4 | 7.6 | 10.10 | 12.11 | 83 | WON | Subiaco | 3.2 | 6.8 | 6.9 | 7.13 | 55 | 28 | SUB | 1947-04-26 Apr 26 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1947-05-03 2 | H | Claremont | 2.1 | 4.3 | 7.6 | 8.7 | 55 | LOST | Perth | 1.0 | 5.3 | 8.6 | 12.11 | 83 | -28 | SUB | 1947-05-03 May 3 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1947-05-10 3 | H | Claremont | 3.3 | 4.4 | 8.7 | 9.13 | 67 | LOST | East Fremantle | 4.4 | 7.7 | 9.8 | 11.14 | 80 | -13 | SUB | 1947-05-10 May 10 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1947-05-17 4 | A | Claremont | 2.2 | 7.4 | 8.5 | 10.10 | 70 | LOST | East Perth | 3.5 | 5.11 | 8.17 | 11.19 | 85 | -15 | POV | 1947-05-17 May 17 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1947-05-24 5 | H | Claremont | 3.0 | 6.2 | 6.3 | 9.5 | 59 | LOST | South Fremantle | 7.5 | 8.8 | 13.15 | 17.21 | 123 | -64 | SUB | 1947-05-24 May 24 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1947-05-31 6 | H | Claremont | 2.2 | 2.5 | 5.9 | 6.10 | 46 | LOST | Swan Districts | 3.0 | 6.2 | 7.4 | 9.5 | 59 | -13 | SUB | 1947-05-31 May 31 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1947-06-07 7 | H | Claremont | 3.1 | 7.9 | 7.11 | 11.18 | 84 | WON | West Perth | 3.8 | 3.8 | 4.13 | 5.13 | 43 | 41 | SUB | 1947-06-07 Jun 7 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1947-06-14 8 | A | Claremont | 3.7 | 4.10 | 8.12 | 11.14 | 80 | WON | Subiaco | 4.0 | 8.3 | 8.4 | 8.8 | 56 | 24 | SUB | 1947-06-14 Jun 14 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1947-06-21 9 | A | Claremont | 3.1 | 7.3 | 10.5 | 12.6 | 78 | LOST | Perth | 4.5 | 6.8 | 7.10 | 11.16 | 82 | -4 | WAC | 1947-06-21 Jun 21 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1947-06-28 10 | A | Claremont | 2.1 | 4.2 | 9.4 | 11.4 | 70 | LOST | East Fremantle | 6.6 | 11.12 | 17.16 | 26.23 | 179 | -109 | FRE | 1947-06-28 Jun 28 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1947-07-05 11 | H | Claremont | 1.0 | 4.2 | 5.4 | 7.5 | 47 | LOST | East Perth | 6.6 | 10.8 | 14.13 | 20.16 | 136 | -89 | SUB | 1947-07-05 Jul 5 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1947-07-12 12 | A | Claremont | 2.3 | 3.4 | 4.6 | 6.9 | 45 | LOST | South Fremantle | 1.2 | 4.8 | 10.10 | 14.14 | 98 | -53 | FRE | 1947-07-12 Jul 12 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1947-07-19 13 | A | Claremont | 2.2 | 3.3 | 6.6 | 7.7 | 49 | WON | Swan Districts | 2.1 | 4.3 | 5.8 | 6.9 | 45 | 4 | BAS | 1947-07-19 Jul 19 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1947-07-26 14 | A | Claremont | 1.3 | 4.6 | 10.6 | 13.6 | 84 | LOST | West Perth | 1.6 | 7.10 | 11.11 | 16.20 | 116 | -32 | LEE | 1947-07-26 Jul 26 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1947-08-16 15 | A | Claremont | 7.5 | 9.5 | 11.9 | 15.12 | 102 | WON | Perth | 2.3 | 5.6 | 8.7 | 12.13 | 85 | 17 | WAC | 1947-08-16 Aug 16 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1947-08-23 16 | A | Claremont | 6.3 | 7.4 | 8.8 | 11.12 | 78 | LOST | East Fremantle | 1.4 | 7.9 | 10.11 | 15.18 | 108 | -30 | FRE | 1947-08-23 Aug 23 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1947-08-30 17 | A | Claremont | 4.4 | 8.9 | 10.10 | 13.11 | 89 | LOST | East Perth | 4.1 | 9.5 | 12.9 | 17.14 | 116 | -27 | POV | 1947-08-30 Aug 30 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1947-09-06 18 | A | Claremont | 3.3 | 3.5 | 7.6 | 9.12 | 66 | LOST | West Perth | 4.3 | 6.8 | 11.13 | 16.17 | 113 | -47 | LEE | 1947-09-06 Sep 6 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1947-09-13 19 | H | Claremont | 0.1 | 8.6 | 8.8 | 12.13 | 85 | WON | Swan Districts | 1.4 | 1.7 | 5.12 | 9.15 | 69 | 16 | SUB | 1947-09-13 Sep 13 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |